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07-10-2007, 02:59 PM
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#16 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Long Island, New York
Posts: 160
| I stayed in LDub for Bulldog Days and while I'll be spending freshman year in Farnam, I enjoyed my stay a lot! If Farnam is better than that, well, damn, I'm excited. | 
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07-14-2007, 11:40 AM
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#17 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 371
| I'm at Yale for a summer program, and I'm staying at TD. It is a little isolated from old campus, but things might be a little different during the school year. Old Campus is about a five minute walk, so I can only imagine it interferes a little. TD is really small, but it seems relatively nice. Nonetheless, if I get accepted to Yale I will hopefully get assigned to one of the larger colleges.
As far as cockroaches, I was appalled to see a HUGE one (of the winged variety) on the steps to a classroom building this morning. I absolutely loathe cockroaches, and I was suprised to see them so far north. But yes, they are here. | |
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07-19-2007, 03:27 PM
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#18 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 99
| Quit worry about the cockroaches. They are the state bird here in Texas (cuz they fly, ya know?). Big one in a drawer today. Cockroaches AND cold weather! That will REALLY build character! | |
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07-20-2007, 09:17 PM
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#19 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 65
| Sillimanders and TDers love their locations. In fact, Silliman is often considered a center of social life for upperclassmen; Sillimanders and TDers definitely get to know more upperclassmen as freshmen. | |
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08-02-2007, 02:59 PM
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#20 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 371
| I love Silliman... TD is nice, too, but a little too small in my opinion. | |
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08-18-2007, 02:19 AM
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#21 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 516
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Originally Posted by svalbardlutefisk virtuoso: agreed, Yale should renovate L-dub (and probably will, once it finishes renovating the residential colleges). But, there's no reason to be worried. For all its flaws, L-dub's residents (both Pierson and Saybrook) love their time in it. In fact, perhaps renovating it would cause it to lose its charm . Anyway, don't worry, and look forward to an awesome year in L-dub. | Actually, LDub went through a major renovation in 1993, which isn't too long ago for a building. Also, consider this--in a non-binding referendum as to whether Pierson freshmen should continue to be housed in LDub (if not, they would likely go to Welsh or Vanderbilt), then-current Pierson freshmen overwhelmingly rejected any plans to move. | |
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08-19-2007, 06:00 PM
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#22 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Yale University
Posts: 560
| I didn't know about the renovations. Having lived there last year I can say they certainly didn't do a very good job.
I'm aware of the Pierson survey, and as a former Saybrook L-dubber I kind of agree. Living in L-dub was a great experience, and had many advantages, even if the facilities weren't up to snuff. | |
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06-30-2008, 09:44 PM
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#23 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 94
| Just bringing this back up because I'm going to be in L-Dub next year. Any additional comments? | |
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07-21-2008, 06:53 AM
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#24 | | Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Haven, CT
Posts: 580
| All the roach talk is confusing me... i never saw a roach in my freshman year. I also lived in vanderbilt. We did have a mouse though. We named him Klaus. He was kind of cute.
And, not having lived in L-Dub, it seems fine to me. All yale housing is pretty good. Eg, i drew the *worst* room in Berkeley this year, and by all standards it's perfectly fine. Except my double is about the size of a walk-in closet. | |
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07-26-2008, 10:32 PM
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#25 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yale
Posts: 1,185
| I saw a dead roach in the shower last year, and I've heard numerous stories of roach encounters.
We had at least a two mice in our suite last year, if not more than that. There was definitely a mice problem last year in L-Dub. Hopefully they have it taken care of by now. | |
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07-26-2008, 11:06 PM
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#26 | | New Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 6
| Check my comment on the other Saybrook thread. I didn't hear anything about mice or roaches-and I lived there last year.
Plus, it's not like there's enough space for any rodents or pests to live. | |
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